Liszt is like a great jazz pianist who segues effortlessly from one piece to the next, seemingly improvising the inspired links. The way he charts a convincing path from the Czerny to the Chopin variation is genius, as is the bridge passage from the end of Chopin's contribution to Liszt's Finale.
Huge fan of wolfram from the operatic transcriptions he recorded. Highly recommend the Horowitz part 1/2 version on TH-cam for this piece as well; it’s bonkers.
I love the nocturne like Chopin variation. As a whole though the piece doesn't feel very cohesive though there's awesome moments by sheer virtue of the who's behind it.
Yes I noticed this when I made the video… doesn’t make much sense to me! He ought to have played the octave ossia in full, which is likely what Liszt did.
Not only are colaborations like this rare it is even rarer that the result is convicing. This here is a very rare exception. It fuse all the different contribution to a perfectly shaped operatic fantasy.
I love this collab but sadly this piece is very underrated whit some underrated composer too like Thalberg but honestly i just think that classical music is underrated AF but Im still here to enjoy it ❤❤❤
I don't agree with you. In my opinion, there's no one who plays the Liszt Opera Transcriptions like him. Look at Reminiscences de lucrezia borgia, Reminiscences des puritains. There's no one alive who played them better.
@@AlbertoCasado86 yes, because NO ONE plays them. His repertoire is so expansive it's natural to expect a rather lack of musicality, as compared to an emotionally charged six-minute piece that you can actually spend a long time grinding. I don't expect perfection at all, and this is good enough. I know pianists like LaDivina has tried Lucreza, but their takes are much more robotic. Wolfram, is already the best we can get, and his playing is certain not lacking, especially considering the length of the pieces he play
@@snorefest1621 okay you did me dirty with the "no one plays them" argument 😂 But idk man, there's a lot of scepticism around LaDivina anyways, have you seen the Spanish Fantasy played by him/her? Many think it's heavily manipulated. But now back to wolfram. For me he's the leading virtuoso for these massive opera transcriptions. Not only because hes one of the few actually playing them, but I also think that there's a lot of musicality and emotion in most of his interpretations. But I'm possibly not capable of judging this too good, since I'm just a 19 year old pianist myself, far away from tackling pieces of this caliber.
@@AlbertoCasado86 Well, maybe his recording was autotuned, as his interpretation of Le Preux, was although superhuman, still unclean. Also, I understand there are way rarer pieces (if you watch like Liszthesis or ModicaLiszt). Still, I'm not sure if Wolfram's current interpretation won't take much of a stand if another legendary pianist puts in the time to learn them (which they won't - they only play standard repertoires) Even piano competitions dislike obscure repertoire. So the next time you try to shred S. 137 in a piano competition, don't be surprised if the judge favors other participants)
@@snorefest1621but that's sad. Liszt has so much more to offer than just La campanella or his hungarian rhapsodies. I'll never understand how it comes that for example Lucrezia borgia is played so rarely. It's such an effective work, I'm pretty sure it would drop more Jaws than most of his "famous" pieces when played in concert.
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Liszt is like a great jazz pianist who segues effortlessly from one piece to the next, seemingly improvising the inspired links. The way he charts a convincing path from the Czerny to the Chopin variation is genius, as is the bridge passage from the end of Chopin's contribution to Liszt's Finale.
Yes you could say that xD
Liszt and Chopin are like sugar in my mouth
Wow, Czerny went hard.
At least Liszt is out of this copyright mayhem, that has been ongoing for a few days.
Huge fan of wolfram from the operatic transcriptions he recorded. Highly recommend the Horowitz part 1/2 version on TH-cam for this piece as well; it’s bonkers.
It isn't Horowitz, it is an uphotted Howard!
The biggest collab of the 19th century! Definitely underrated. In my opinion Herz variation is the best, it's beautiful, but complex
This is my first time listening to this piece! I love the left hand octave arpeggios in the Theme.. classic Liszt
Romantic masterpiece
Six days of creation!
I love the nocturne like Chopin variation. As a whole though the piece doesn't feel very cohesive though there's awesome moments by sheer virtue of the who's behind it.
LISZT parts, especially the finale, are so fascinating!! Really the ONLY LEGEND.
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reminiscences de la norma
Thanks for sharing this music and the background on the collaboration amongst composers. Very interesting!
18:48 interesting that Wolfram does like half of the LH ossia
Yes I noticed this when I made the video… doesn’t make much sense to me! He ought to have played the octave ossia in full, which is likely what Liszt did.
He also does that in Mephists polka
@@TheModicaLisztit sounds cool that way though
Not only are colaborations like this rare it is even rarer that the result is convicing. This here is a very rare exception. It fuse all the different contribution to a perfectly shaped operatic fantasy.
This is because of Liszt’s genius at writing the transitions and sewing the whole thing together!
Grazie! È stato bello ascoltare le variaziopni di Litz sul tema di "Suona la tromba e intrepido" dai I Puritani di Vincenzo Bellini.... 😄
"Liszt"!!
7:57 Var. III is by Pixis and 9:30Var. IV is by Herz.
Apologies.
@@TheModicaLiszt no problem, very nice work
Where did you find the sheet music? I can't find this edition anywhere! There seems to be only one edition online (without fingering)...
Epic!
I love this collab but sadly this piece is very underrated whit some underrated composer too like Thalberg but honestly i just think that classical music is underrated AF but Im still here to enjoy it ❤❤❤
Why does all wolframs countless renditions feel too bland? But sheesh that good bro
I don't agree with you. In my opinion, there's no one who plays the Liszt Opera Transcriptions like him. Look at Reminiscences de lucrezia borgia, Reminiscences des puritains. There's no one alive who played them better.
@@AlbertoCasado86 yes, because NO ONE plays them. His repertoire is so expansive it's natural to expect a rather lack of musicality, as compared to an emotionally charged six-minute piece that you can actually spend a long time grinding. I don't expect perfection at all, and this is good enough. I know pianists like LaDivina has tried Lucreza, but their takes are much more robotic. Wolfram, is already the best we can get, and his playing is certain not lacking, especially considering the length of the pieces he play
@@snorefest1621 okay you did me dirty with the "no one plays them" argument 😂 But idk man, there's a lot of scepticism around LaDivina anyways, have you seen the Spanish Fantasy played by him/her? Many think it's heavily manipulated. But now back to wolfram. For me he's the leading virtuoso for these massive opera transcriptions. Not only because hes one of the few actually playing them, but I also think that there's a lot of musicality and emotion in most of his interpretations. But I'm possibly not capable of judging this too good, since I'm just a 19 year old pianist myself, far away from tackling pieces of this caliber.
@@AlbertoCasado86 Well, maybe his recording was autotuned, as his interpretation of Le Preux, was although superhuman, still unclean. Also, I understand there are way rarer pieces (if you watch like Liszthesis or ModicaLiszt). Still, I'm not sure if Wolfram's current interpretation won't take much of a stand if another legendary pianist puts in the time to learn them (which they won't - they only play standard repertoires) Even piano competitions dislike obscure repertoire. So the next time you try to shred S. 137 in a piano competition, don't be surprised if the judge favors other participants)
@@snorefest1621but that's sad. Liszt has so much more to offer than just La campanella or his hungarian rhapsodies. I'll never understand how it comes that for example Lucrezia borgia is played so rarely. It's such an effective work, I'm pretty sure it would drop more Jaws than most of his "famous" pieces when played in concert.
Is it the editio musica Budapest sheet
No, this is from the Chopin National Edition.
@@TheModicaLiszt I can only find the 6th variation from chopin in the book, how did you get the whole piece ?
@@jukeban646 With great ease.
@@TheModicaLiszt bro…
@@TheModicaLiszt nvm, I managed to find it in the supplements of Chopin national edition works
more calm compared to Hamelin's but still good
Interesting piece, but man they could not have chosen a less interesting theme to base the variations on.
early congrats on 700 subs (at the time of writing this 4 subs left)
Czerny crazy variation!
Hi! Where did you find the score?
It was given me.
Looks like the Chopin national edition, but probably not.
@@M.Arsenault It is indeed.
Yay, Hexameron!
Chopin is great but the flamboyance of Liszt is just so seductive.
wow really cool
Thx for uploading
You’re welcome
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